Английский с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда / Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

“I thought it looked like it (мне показалось, что похож),” said the servant, rather sulkily (сказал слуга, довольно мрачно); and then, with another voice (а затем /сказал/ другим голосом), “But what matters hand of write (какое значение имеет почерк)?” he said. “I’ve seen him (я его видел)!”

“Seen him (видели его)

?” repeated Mr. Utterson (повторил мистер Аттерсон). “Well (ну и)?”

“The man at Maw’s was main angry, sir, and he threw it back to me like so much dirt,” returned Poole.

“This is the doctor’s hand, do you know?” resumed the lawyer.

“I thought it looked like it,” said the servant, rather sulkily; and then, with another voice, “But what matters hand of write?” he said. “I’ve seen him!”

“Seen him?” repeated Mr. Utterson. “Well?”

“That’s it (вот именно)!” said Poole. “It was this way (дело было так). I came suddenly into the theatre from the garden (я неожиданно вошел в операционную из сада). It seems he had slipped out to look for his drug, or whatever it is (а он, по-видимому, вышел из кабинета, чтобы поискать свое лекарство, или еще для чего-нибудь: «или что бы то ни было»; whatever – все что; что бы ни); for the cabinet door was open (потому что дверь в кабинет была открыта), and there he was at the far end of the room (и он находился в дальнем конце комнаты)

, digging among the crates (копаясь среди ящиков). He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry (когда я вошел, он поднял голову, издал нечто похожее на вопль = взвизгнул), and whipped upstairs into the cabinet (и со всех ног рванул вверх по лестнице, в кабинет; to whip – хлестать; рвануться, броситься). It was but for one minute that I saw him (я видел его только одно мгновение; minute – минута; мгновение, момент), but the hair stood upon my head like quills (но у меня волосы на голове дыбом встали: «встали у меня на голове, словно перья»; quill – птичье перо; игла дикобраза

). Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face (сэр, если это был мой хозяин, то почему у него на лице была маска)? If it was my master (если это был мой хозяин), why did he cry out like a rat, and run from me (почему он взвизгнул, как крыса, и убежал от меня)? I have served him long enough (я достаточно долго прослужил у него). And then (и затем)…” the man paused and passed his hand over his face (дворецкий умолк и провел рукой по лицу).

“That’s it!” said Poole. “It was this way. I came suddenly into the theatre from the garden. It seems he had slipped out to look for his drug, or whatever it is; for the cabinet door was open, and there he was at the far end of the room, digging among the crates. He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet. It was but for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills. Sir, if that was my master, why had he a mask upon his face? If it was my master, why did he cry out like a rat, and run from me? I have served him long enough. And then…” the man paused and passed his hand over his face.